Nov 21, 2010

I've mentioned my daughter's love of Avena (mine too) which is a popular cold beverage in many Latin countries. Well this week I surprised her with a pumpkin version, yum! I love making oatmeal shakes because I know when she's running out the door for school in the morning, at least she's had a high fiber, nutritious breakfast. With all the college tours we've been going on this month, we've been waking up super early on weekends and jumping in the car, so these have been great.

Thanks for posting. I'm not on WW but I've made several of your recipes in hopes of eating a bit healthier. So far everything I've made has been delicious. Thanks for sharing, can't wait to try this one.

Looks like a good one for my magic bullet! You know, I used to give my daughter carnation instant breakfast, but this would have been so much healthier for her...I wish I had know about this recipe years ago! haha She is off at college now....maybe I need to get her a magic bullet and pass along the recipe to her1 :)

Gina,You said you keep your cooked oatmeal seperate and then just make individual drinks in your magic bullet. since these points are 1/4th of the recipe, if I am an making an individual drink can I just quarter all the measurements(besides the oatmeal) to get one drink. Is that what you were getting at?thx

Hi Gina - I put this recipe into the Points Plus Recipe Builder on my WW tracker this morning and it still says 3 points per serving. Just FYI - I'm not sure why we're coming up with different numbers.

By the way, your site has been a godsend for me! Thanks for all the delicious recipes!

I tried this yesterday and mine was a bit in the runny side. Is it supposed to runny or is it supposed to be thicker more like a milkshake?Also gina, how do you work out the measurements if you are only making one at a time like you mentioned on your nov 21st posting?thx

I made this on Saturday and had the last bit this morning. It's delish, filling, and will definitely make it again. My WW tracker says that it's actually only 2 P+ per serving (I subbed the 3 Tbsp. brown sugar with 1.5 Tbsp. brown sugar Splenda). How did you calculate it?

This was my first Skinnytaste recipe, and I have another one planned for dinner tonight. (SO happy I discovered you!) This was great -- only one problem. I halved the recipe, and then drank the whole thing :( Is that 8 points +?

I made this yesterday and it was delicious! It still had some texture to it, despite a long whirl in the blender. Do you think maybe I didn't cook the oats long enough? or blend it more? It was tasty despite the oat-y texture.

Thanks, I'll try again cooking a little longer, otherwise that's probably just how it's supposed to be! Our microwave is broken at work so this might become my work breakfast for awhile thanks to a 28oz can of pumpkin!

Making this tonight to share with my 14 month old for breakfast! I'm cutting it in half though since I don't trust myself with leftovers and my husband hates pumpkin. (Which should be ground for divorce!)

I just found your site through Julie @ Peanut Butter Fingers. All your recipes look amazing, I can't wait to try some. I just tried this though and it's so good! I usually am not a shake or smoothie person either so I was pleasantly surprised. :) I used honey to make it healthier but I bet the brown sugar would have been even better. :)

Can you do the quick oats ahead of time and store or how would they work? Also...any substitute for pumpkin pie spice? just cloves/cinnamon/nutmeg?Stumbled across your site and LOVING all your recipes?

This recipe was excellent! I've never had Avena before and I've never had oatmeal in a drink but it was delicious. I cut down the servings to just 1 and everything came out perfectly. I added ice to mine for a few minutes to cool it down and then took it out so it wouldn't water it down. It's not a huge portion but with the oatmeal I found it filling with an apple to munch on the side. I will DEFINITELY be making this again!

If you dry blend the oats before adding in the wet ingredients they become fine enough that you don't need to cook them first. I do this with all of my breakfast smoothies and they turn out very smooth (and very filling!)

Iluv , luv luv pumpkin. Made the pumpkin chocolate chip cookies yesterday and now know how I will use up my leftover pumpkin purée. Didn't see this question, I hate dragging out a blender every morning and don't want to beat up my stick blender chopping ice. Thought I'd try freezing pumpkin in ice cube trays to get the consistency of a smoothie and skip ice. Has anyone else tried this and if so did you have to make any other tweaks ?

Made this today. I actually preferred it without the ice. It is cold out so it was nice to have a warm smoothie. I preferred the texture before the ice too. Good flavor and will be making it again. Thanks!

I entered this into WW recipe builder using almond milk and sucanat for brown sugar. Gave me a points plus value of 2 per serving. Others have mentioned the points might be off, I think they may be right. And if they are less than expected, that will be great for everyone :)

I love love love the oatmeal shakes. I work overnight (7p to 7a) at a hospital and it is so quick and easy in the morning to throw together when I get home for myself, as well as for my fiance so he can drink it on the way to work; it gives me just enough energy to complete some morning chores and then I can easily go to sleep afterwards. This pumpkin recipe is great; I omit the pumpkin puree and just use a little extra pumpkin pie spice simply because I only add it in for the wonderful benefits of cinnamon and nutmeg anyway. It also saves on some calories/carbs as I count calories and not ww points. I am aware already that there aren't many calories, but every little calorie counts when you are an avid calorie counter.